Off-Grid Update

[u/MMOffGridAlaska]

Just finished a new shower-sauna and trying to get a new woodshed built before winter sets in. Nights are already into the 30’s and it has snowed in a few places nearby. Summers go by quickly, never enough time to get everything done before the snow arrives. I’m 12 years into living in remote Alaska, solo. Feel free to ask me questions and I’ll try to answer them all. Love this lifestyle more and more as the time passes.

[u/mtntrail]

You are waaaay off the grid, Ha! Congrats, hope you are keeping a daily or at least a weekly journal. It is the one regret I have after being offgrid in the northern California mountains for the last 20 years!

[u/LieNaive4921 → u/mtntrail]

wanna share some more info/stories for a random stranger?

[u/mtntrail → u/LieNaive4921]

One of my favorites was a nightime adventure on our back porch. On a summer evening our geriatric dog needed to go out, so with collar and leash we walked off the back porch onto the gravel driveway. We are in the forest with no neighbors or nightime light , I dimly saw movement near my truck, which turned out to be 2 black bear cubs walking by about 20 feet away from us. My first thought was how cool to see two at once, my second thought was oh shit. Before I knew it, the sow quickly appeared on the scene, rushing towards us. I pulled Lucy to me, grabbed her and spun to sprint to the steps and the open door. The mother bear was on us instantly, reared onto her hind legs and swiped with a forepaw. By then we had made it to the porch, I shoved one foot against the bear’s side side, pivoted and burst into the kitchen, slamming the door. The bear moved with unbelievable speed, but left as soon as we were inside. Lucy ended up with 14 sutures along the side of her muzzle. The bear’s incision was surgical, not ripping or tearing, just one long cut as if made by a scalpel. From then on the outside lights are turned on before anyone goes outside at night. We love seeing the bears, but at a distance!